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Tao Ju, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Developing geometric algorithms for interpreting protein structures from low-resolution density maps produced by cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography

Key words
molecular imaging, geometric algorithms, anatomical modeling, computer graphics, biomedicine

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Usheer Kanjee, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary

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Vaishali Kapoor, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
A major component of my research program is to (1) develop strategies for improving the therapeutic ratio of radiation therapy by increasing tumor sensitivity to radiation and limiting normal tissue toxicity and (2) understand the biological mechanisms of treatment resistance.

Key words
Cancer targeting, antibodies, Translational research, Radiation, Lung Cancer, Glioblastoma, Signaling mechanisms

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David Kast, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Understand fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive the biogenesis and dynamics of intracellular membrane compartments

Key words
cytoskeleton, membranes, intracellular trafficking, organelle biogenesis, fluorescence, crystallography

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Dineo Khabele, MD

Mitchell & Elaine Yanow Professor & Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
clinical and translational research in gynecologic oncology, with a focus on ovarian cancer

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Jinkyung Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
We study auditory coding and processing using in vivo methods such as two-photon imaging, optogenetics, inner ear drug/gene delivery, and hearing physiology recording.

Key words
Sensory research, Auditory research, Auditory circuit, In vivo two-photon imaging, Optogenetics, Electrophysiology, Drug delivery, Hearing loss, Ototoxicity, Ear

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Stephen Kerry Kornfeld, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
organismal aging; zinc homeostasis and roles of zinc during cell differentiation.

Key words
aging, metals, zinc, development, sperm activation, signal transduction, homeostasis

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Sándor Kovács, PhD, MD

Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Quantitative cardiovascular physiology, mathematical modeling of systems physiology, imaging

Key words
biophysics, cardiology, cardiovascular physiology, echocardiography, imaging, mathematical modeling

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Sebla Kutluay, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Human immunodeficiency virus-host interactions

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Albert Lai, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
My research is in clinical research informatics, but I also have strong interest in other areas of clinical informatics, including usability of clinical and consumer-facing systems and mobile health

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